Meditation is the road to happiness.

The essence of Buddhist practice is to bring everything onto the path. Every experience becomes an opportunity for awakening.

Real peace comes from seeing things as they really are, not as we want them to be.

The practice of mindfulness begins in the small, remote cave of your unconscious mind and blossoms with the sunlight of your conscious life.

The only way to make sense out of change is to plunge into it, move with it, and join the dance.

The Four Noble Truths are not mere doctrinal propositions but a framework for understanding and transforming our lives.

When walking, just walk. When sitting, just sit. Above all, don't wobble.

Work out your own salvation. Do not depend on others.

The dharma wheel turns from the beginning. There is neither excess nor deficiency. The whole universe is moistened with nectar, and the truth is ready to harvest.

Devotion is the head of meditation, as is often said. When you are inspired by some spiritual teacher, you can have a very strong connection with that person, and thereby the blessings can enter.

By understanding emptiness, one understands all phenomena. Without understanding emptiness, one understands nothing.

The essence of mind is empty like space; yet it contains all things, like a mirror.

Be kind whenever possible. It is always possible.

Let none find fault with others; let none see the omissions and commissions of others. But let one see one's own acts, done and undone.

The practice of mindfulness transforms the mind from a place of suffering into an instrument of enlightenment.

All experiences are preceded by mind, led by mind, made by mind. Speak or act with a corrupted mind, and suffering follows as the wagon wheel follows the hoof of the ox.

There is no difference at all between samsara and nirvana. There is no difference at all between nirvana and samsara.

True happiness is not about getting rid of all our problems, but about changing our relationship to them.

Although all phenomena are empty of inherent existence, they function perfectly well.

Don't be a bodhisatta; don't be an arahant; don't be anything at all. Being something makes you suffer.

When you run after your thoughts, you are like a dog chasing a stick. Every time a stick is thrown, you run after it. Instead, be like a lion who, rather than chasing after the stick, turns to face the thrower.

Enlightenment is the realization that we were never really separate from one another or from all of life.

We need to learn to let our emotions pass through us like waves, without getting caught in their undertow.

Drop by drop is the water pot filled. Likewise, the wise man, gathering it little by little, fills himself with good.

In the moment of anger, abandon anger but not the person. In the moment of attachment, abandon attachment but not the person.

In the end, only three things matter: how much you loved, how gently you lived, and how gracefully you let go of things not meant for you.

Feelings come and go like clouds in a windy sky. Conscious breathing is my anchor.

Meditation is like catching a fish. If you try to catch it quickly, you'll miss it. If you have patience and know how to wait, the fish will come.

Choose to be optimistic, it feels better.

There is no way to happiness - happiness is the way.

True happiness is not found through the multiplication of desires but through their simplification.

Understanding at the intellectual level is not enough. There must be experience at the actual level.

Rather than letting our negativity get the better of us, we could acknowledge that right now we feel like a piece of shit and not be squeamish about taking a good look.